September 29, 2012

Mendon Jo Kill, age 25, of Sweetwater, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 at Roby Cemetery. Burial will follow at Roby Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.
Mendon Jo was born on Nov. 16, 1986 in, Randolph, Vermont, to Stephen and Debbie (Ballenger) Kill. She worked for Allen Family Style Meals. She was a Vermonter at heart and loved animals.

September 29, 2012

Aspermont â€” Betty Louise Ross went to meet her Heavenly Fatjer on Thursday evening, Sept. 27, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Central Baptist Church in Aspermont, officiated by Rev. Robby Harris with burial to follow in the Aspermont Cemetery under the care and direction of McCoy Funeral Home of Aspermont.
Betty was born on Nov. 8, 1933, in Crosbyton to Ralph Porter Edwards and Ethel Lenora Edwards. She married Morgan Ross on Dec. 20, 1964, in Crosbyton.

September 29, 2012

The theme for this weekâ€™s pep rally was â€śCommunity Heroes.â€ť Sweetwater Fire Chief Grant Madden spoke to the crowd. Also making his first public appearance was Freddie the Fire Truck. Chief Madden spoke to the elementary students and said that they were true heroes for all of the fundraising they did to repair Freddie and bring him back to Sweetwater.

September 28th

September 28, 2012

Sunday's weather will bring in some sun and a high near 79. Winds from the west around 5 mph will becoming north-northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies and a low around 59 with northwestern winds at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Keep an eye on the skies by visiting weather.gov.

September 28, 2012

On Saturday, we'll have a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 p.m.; some storms could produce heavy rainfall. It will be mostly cloud with a high near 75, along with northern winds at 5 to 10 mph.
Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with a low around 60, and northern winds around 5 mph. After midnight, they will shift to the southwest.
To learn more about the local forecast, head over to weather.gov.

September 28, 2012

Friday's forecast brings us showers and thunderstorms, with some storms producing heavy rainfall. The high will be 74 with calm winds becoming northeast around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of rain is 80%.
Tonight will be cloudy with a low around 63. Winds will be from the north-northeast around 5 mph. We'll have a 60% chance of precipitation with some storms producing heavy rainfall.
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September 27th

September 27, 2012

Itâ€™s been only 11 months, but plenty has changed since Sweetwater and Brownwood last met on the football field this past October.
Thanks to UIL realign-ment in February, the former District 5-3A rivals are in separate districts. Sweet-water is in 4-3A along with five other schools from West Texas, while Brownwood has been moved into 8-3A with five other schools that are all in Central Texas.

September 27, 2012

See You at the Pole 2012, the Annual Global Day of Student Prayer, took place on Wednesday morning, Sept. 26, at schools across the United States, including Sweetwater schools. Many students at Sweetwater Middle School and Sweetwater High School gathered before school for prayer. To celebrate the studentâ€™s efforts and what God is doing on Sweetwater school campuses, the Sweetwater Youth Ministers Alliance organized a post event rally called the Saw You at the Pole Block Party. The block party was held Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, downtown on Oak Street.